Ocean has been locally owned and operated by George Reis since 2002 and is located in the historic Five Points district of Birmingham’s Southside. Enjoy a casual night out with friends at the inviting and contemporary patio bar, or venture inside for some of the best seafood in town and an award-winning dining experience.Ocean offers fresh seafood in an exciting and contemporary atmosphere. The menu features a wide selection of fish and fresh oysters arriving daily. Ocean focuses on sourcing sustainable seafood, local produce, and is proud to support local farms. Pulling flavors and inspiration from around the globe, Ocean is the recipient of the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award for 2007-2015, the Wine Spectator Award 2004-2015, and is the winner of the Alabama Seafood Cookoff in 2015. Voted Best Chef, Wine List and rated 5 stars by the Birmingham News, Reservations accepted Tuesday through Saturday.

Every time we go to Ocean we have impeccable service and food. The waiters always know what to recommend and they’re always attentive to our needs without hovering too much. They even surprised my finance and I a message on our desert plate for our anniversary without us asking for it. Thank you, employees of Ocean!!! We will continue to spread the word of your amazing restaurant!

We really enjoyed our meals. I had the Tai Curry bowl with lobster, mussels, etc. Very good but the rice was not cooked enough. I would suggest steaming it about 2-3 minutes longer. I will be back to have it again.

Ocean’s ambiance is superb, service fantastic, location ideal, wine list impressive. my adult daughter, who was raised in oyster producing community, said: “..Ocean’s oyster bienvile was the best oyster she has ever eaten”. halibut is usually prepared with consistency like steak; Ocean’s was soft & flaky, like a knife cutting through butter.

We were there celebrating our 20 year marriage anniversary and everything was perfect. Our waitress Charity was the absolute best. She was so patient and helpful while we decided what meals we wanted. At the end of our dinner she surprised us with an amazing dessert...compliments of the restaurant. I would definitely recommend and would eat there again.

We had a girls night out there and the food was great, but the service was even better. I wish I could remember the name of our server, but I cannot remember. He was very knowledgeable of the menu and made some great suggestions. We will be back.

Ocean is a wonderful special occasion restaurant. The menu has a nice variety of entrees and sides, along with an extensive wine list. Service is first class. My wife ordered the tuna and said it was the best she has ever had. My grouper was nicely prepared as well. I highly recommend the heirloom tomato salad.

This was hands down the best steak I have had in years! Our server did not attend to us as well as I would have expected for an establishment of this stature. They were obviously busy earlier in the evening, however that was not the case while we were there.

The portions I received were small and I found myself wanting something else. I ordered tea and ended up drinking the water due to the glass never being refilled. The wife ordered coffee with desert and i was brought a cup as well. I simply drank because I was tire of water.

We took my daughter and her husband to Ocean for my daughters birthday. The food was excellent and our server (I can’t remember his name) did a great job. Ocean is a fabulous place to celebrate. We will be back!

It had been several years since we had last been to Ocean. I was very disappointed that the martini list was much smaller. The grouper dish that my husband ordered was not as flavorful as we thought it should have been. The scallop dish that I ordered only had 3 scallops! They were delicious but for $32, I felt like there should have been more scallops. We always enjoy the fried feta in the salad and the baklava ice cream dessert.